Favorite Fraggle?

[alyteima]

Hey everyone, I'm a newbie here but I'm a life-long Fraggle Rock fan. I watched it as a kid and I think it really influenced me growing up, not to sound corny :p

Anyway, who is everyone's favorite fraggle? Whether of the five or not, or even the favorite character from the show? I'm curious why people liked a certain one of the five over others :D

Growing up, I liked Red best, probably because of the pigtails, I liked Gobo a lot too. I still do, he's probably my second fav but now my absolute favorite is Wembley. He's so adorable and sweet, he makes you want to cuddle him. I'm a sucker for the underdog anyway and his innocence and positive views on things (not to mention his little squeaks and boinks, LOL).

Comments?

[Redsonga]

Red :). Growing up I was actually more of a Junior Gorg fan than a fraggle fan now that I think of it (maybe I did see it when I was a baby and learned calling my mom Ma and my daddy Daddy from him, who knows, my parents sure don't).
But now..Red no question, the funny loving in your face, go getting, tell it like it is fraggle :D! I always saw her as the main fraggle more so than Gobo *lol*
I have more fandom for Mokey than I ever had just because I know her now. In a way I guess you could call me a Red tempered Mokey :3.
Of the boys, Boober no question, he is sooo lovable in his cute little serious way to make sure everyone is safe, how he talks, and his size *squeals and hugs*

[Skeeter Muppet]

Gillis aka the Maestro is my favorite Fraggle, and I'm not just saying that because he was one of Richard's characters or because he's my roomie in the Dorms game.

If anything, playing Gillis in the Dorms game has increased my affection and appreciation for his character. I like exploring and expanding upon little facets of his personality, the little glimpses we got to see in the TV series.

-Kim

[heralde]

Definitely Boober, his hilarious grumpiness was always a pleasure. : D

[frogboy4]

I just want to give Boober a hug and let him do my laundry. Wouldn't we all? :coy:

[RedPiggy]

Well, I guess the fact I can't decide makes me more Wembley. :D

The problem is that my personality is so broad all the five can fit comfortably inside my head. Like Redsonga, though, I tend to be a Red-tempered Mokey. I'm far more aggressive than Mokey is, but I'm more into writing and such and not so much into sports. As I get older, I'm beginning to relate more and more with Matt. :)

[Kathy75]

Gobo ~ He was my favorite as growing up and I still like him today.

Red ~ Is my second favorite. She just looks like a fun Fraggle to hang out with.

Mokey ~ Mokey and I do have same interest.

Wembley and Boober ~ Adorable, funny, etc...


This sounds corny: As a kid, growing up watching the show. I've always wanted Gobo and Red together. *blush* I hope I'm not the only one that thought of it.


My Wembley doll just arrived today! He's going to sit on top of my old grandma's sewing machine.:coy:

[bazooka_beak]

I'll say Red. She's incredibly hilarious and sarcastic, the way she flips out about things is golden.

Boober is probably second, since I'm a bit of a germophobe as well >:P He gets some great lines.

[heralde]

I definitely think Gobo and Red had potential, hehe. :smirk::excited:

I didn't like Gobo as much as a kid because he seemed too perfect. But now I really enjoy his very early episodes where he's still learning to be confident. I can identify with him more now. :)

[RedPiggy]

I definitely think Gobo and Red had potential, hehe. :smirk::excited:

I didn't like Gobo as much as a kid because he seemed too perfect. But now I really enjoy his very early episodes where he's still learning to be confident. I can identify with him more now. :)
The funny thing is, he's NOT perfect. He's just more subtle than the others. He tends to hide his faults until he's alone.

[heralde]

The funny thing is, he's NOT perfect. He's just more subtle than the others. He tends to hide his faults until he's alone.

Oh yeah definitely, and I think seeing his earlier episodes made that more clear for me. :)

[Muppet Newsgirl]

Yeah, one of Gobo's weaknesses is his pride - and I think most of it stems from his insecurities about being able to live up to Traveling Matt.

Let's see, of the Fraggle Five, I'd say Wembley's my favorite, and I also like Red and Gobo. But it's true - Boober gets some of the best lines. Examples:

"Argument, nothing, it's an attempted coup!"
"Yes, but I feel great sympathy. The Grim Reaper comes for us all."

Of the other Fraggles, I like Beige, from "Fraggle Wars," the Storyteller, Gillis, Convincing John and his crew, Cantus and the Minstrels, and even the World's Oldest Fraggle is good for a snicker or two.

[DLGabriel]

Such a tough call as I LOVE nearly every aspect of Fraggle Rock, but I'd have to say that...

Cantus and Boober would have to be my favorites with a side helping of Wembley too.

:coy:

[alyteima]

This is all very enlightening :-) It is hard to choose between the five, they have such great dynamic.
Boober is hilarious, definitely. He's such an anti-Fraggle sometimes. :smirk:

Of course, one of my favorite parts of the show is Gobo and Wembley's friendship, the little brother/big brother thing. Sometimes I think Wembley bows down to him too much, but he's Wembley, he's super-agreeable anyway, LOL.

Of the five, I'm more like Mokey, she's the hippie fraggle and I love how she can freak out sometimes but I'm a lot like Wembley too, always agreeing:o

[Redsonga]

A lot of people call Mokey a hippie but I think that she isn't one deep down. There is some of that there, but she's much more agreeable (Cantus to IMHO). As a whole the hippies were not a happy/peaceful people, for all that history tries to say otherwise (I grew up hearing a lot of stories from my ma's generation, now in their 60's and 70's).
I think Mokey idolizes them, I think she even wishes she was one (in fraggle terms) but I don't think she is. Like I said before I would call her more new age (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Age), much more granola and wheat grass than smoke and tye-dye :).

[vettech28]

I love Fraggle Rock, loved it since I was in elementary school. It's hard to pick a favorite character, but I love Wembley, Gobo and Red. I also like the trash heap and Philo and Gunge, those two are funny! I loved Cantus, too.

[ShiveringCactus]

As a kid I loved Red, but now I find her a tiny bit annoying! I guess I must have gotten older and grumpier, 'cause now my favourite is Boober. :)

[JEANYLASER]

my favorite fraggles Are Mokey, Boober, and Red they are my favorite but one of them is Mokey because the poems that she wrote.

[Kiki]

Red- She's fiesty, but also very innocent and genuine, oh- and cute. :) Secondly, she was my favourite character growing up.

Wembley- Good-natured, easy-going kinda guy. He reminds me of myself though, as I'm very, VERY indecisive.

Mokey- The one I can relate to the most. I have a very simalar personality to her, plus- I like art and writing. ^^

[heralde]

A lot of people call Mokey a hippie but I think that she isn't one deep down. There is some of that there, but she's much more agreeable (Cantus to IMHO). As a whole the hippies were not a happy/peaceful people, for all that history tries to say otherwise (I grew up hearing a lot of stories from my ma's generation, now in their 60's and 70's).
I think Mokey idolizes them, I think she even wishes she was one (in fraggle terms) but I don't think she is. Like I said before I would call her more new age (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Age), much more granola and wheat grass than smoke and tye-dye :).

I would call Mokey a hippie; just that she's a better hippie than some of the real life people were, heh. People aren't perfect, but characters can be the ideal we're looking for. :)

[alyteima]

Yeah, I mean more of a New Age, hippie is a reaction word for me. I like Mokey's love of nature and sweetness, yet she's not quite innocent. I like how kind she is. I consider myself sort of hippy-like, but not in the 'Revolution' kind of way.

Should have clarified more :-) I read somewhere that Mokey is the oldest of the five and you can kind of see it in her manner.

[Pork]

Boober, he has so many funny quotes...usually about death and pestilence.

I also love Cantus and the Minstrels. Also wembley, I have a lot in common with him.

[Kiki]

I would call Mokey a hippie; just that she's a better hippie than some of the real life people were, heh. People aren't perfect, but characters can be the ideal we're looking for. :)

Yeah, I'd consider her a bit of a hippie. But yeah, "new age" is a good term to describe her, too. I agree that she seemed as tohugh she wanted to be part of the "Woodstock generation" (baby boomers) in the 60s, but -like me!- missed out, so she kinda wants to relive the whole vibe or it all (although again, not all hippies were peaceful).

[heralde]

(although again, not all hippies were peaceful).

Then again, not all of any group is what they are supposed to be. ;)

[Kiki]

True, dat. *Nod* I consider myself a bit of a hippie (lol, when I went to parent/teacher interviews about four of my teachers caled me a hippie!), I drink yucky herbal tea everyday, I pick herbs over medication, I haven't cut my hair in nearly 3 years (but I did just the other day! XD), I make tie-dye things, I get that from my Mum. XD

[heralde]

I've often considered myself "Hippie Christian" (which I got from a Tough Pigs commentary lol). Like sometimes traditional, but skeptical and different other times. ;)

[Redsonga]

I would call Mokey a hippie; just that she's a better hippie than some of the real life people were, heh. People aren't perfect, but characters can be the ideal we're looking for.
You see, most of my ma's generation that I've talked to (that lived though those times) only seems to use the label hippie when the person..um..used things (and didn't take baths) :o. And even though she is dreamy, I don't see her as doing that. It might be a link between the two for humans but I don't think fraggles are quite like that. I think the dreamy sort of personality is just a natural part of their silliness (just a different kind, like Boober's).
Yeah, I'd consider her a bit of a hippie. But yeah, "new age" is a good term to describe her, too. I agree that she seemed as tohugh she wanted to be part of the "Woodstock generation" (baby boomers) in the 60s, but -like me!- missed out, so she kinda wants to relive the whole vibe or it all (although again, not all hippies were peaceful).


I think that she's not so much what we humans would think of as hippie as much as she is just really in touch with nature in a way and it is more just the fraggle way of being spiritual. I still say I think human new age thinkers and hippies got their ideas from fraggles in the FR world more than the other way around. It makes so much sense:excited:

[The Shoe Fairy]

Man, Boober is my favourite by far, followed by Wembley and then Red.

[heralde]

You see, most of my ma's generation that I've talked to (that lived though those times) only seems to use the label hippie when the person..um..used things (and didn't take baths) :o. And even though she is dreamy, I don't see her as doing that.

Oh I'm not saying those stories aren't accurate, hehe. Just saying she represents the more positive aspects of the hippie movement (which didn't always exist, but again nothing is perfect. :) )

[Redsonga]

Oh I'm not saying those stories aren't accurate, hehe. Just saying she represents the more positive aspects of the hippie movement (which didn't always exist, but again nothing is perfect. :) )

Oh yes, well the 'wear flowers in your hair' part *lol* I guess being a native Californian and hearing some very awful first hand accounts from my ma I sort of have a knee jerk reaction to the label, since both my parents lost friends who were hippies (even though they weren't themselves....
I'd almost call Mokey a 2nd generation flower child or even more a beatnik than hippie, since she likes to talk about dark things in a romantic way:coy:

[heralde]

Oh yes, well the 'wear flowers in your hair' part *lol* I guess being a native Californian and hearing some very awful first hand accounts from my ma I sort of have a knee jerk reaction to the label, since both my parents lost friends who were hippies (even though they weren't themselves....
I'd almost call Mokey a 2nd generation flower child or even more a beatnik than hippie, since she likes to talk about dark things in a romantic way:coy:

Aw yeah I'm sorry, I do understand. It definitely wasn't all flowers and peace; there was too much irresponsibility. I mean though that at the time artists like Jim Henson sort of half adapted the hippie thing in the late '60s, early '70s (without the dropping out of society thing and responsibility thing heh). Growing your beard and hair long was a big deal back then for guys. Unfortunately, people like that were often stereotyped with the negative label, like when he was mistaken for a Weatherman terrorist by Joan Ganz Cooney.

[Redsonga]

Aw yeah I'm sorry, I do understand. It definitely wasn't all flowers and peace; there was too much irresponsibility. I mean though that at the time artists like Jim Henson sort of half adapted the hippie thing in the late '60s, early '70s (without the dropping out of society thing and responsibility thing heh). Growing your beard and hair long was a big deal back then for guys. Unfortunately, people like that were often stereotyped with the negative label, like when he was mistaken for a Weatherman terrorist by Joan Ganz Cooney.

Oh believe me, the long hair for guys is not even an issue when I think of it, I like long hair on guys:flirt: (but that is beside the point)...
I still say Mokey= beatnik, with Cantus being like the first leader of a new age movement/commune type thingie..and the rest of the minstrels being semi-hippies..At least that's how it makes sense to me as a fan :3.
Mokey's a little bit too nice to be able to keep any sort of a movement going once she starts it...Thank goodness they went back to eating doozer bulidings :excited:

[The Shoe Fairy]

Oh believe me, the long hair for guys is not even an issue when I think of it, I like long hair on guys:flirt: (but that is beside the point)...
I still say Mokey= beatnik, with Cantus being like the first leader of a new age movement/commune type thingie..and the rest of the minstrels being semi-hippies..At least that's how it makes sense to me as a fan :3.
Mokey's a little bit too nice to be able to keep any sort of a movement going once she starts it...Thank goodness they went back to eating doozer bulidings :excited:
So you like long hair eh? *Strokes his hair* Then maybe we're compatible....
Lo l:cool:

[heralde]

Oh believe me, the long hair for guys is not even an issue when I think of it, I like long hair on guys:flirt: (but that is beside the point)...
I still say Mokey= beatnik, with Cantus being like the first leader of a new age movement/commune type thingie..and the rest of the minstrels being semi-hippies..At least that's how it makes sense to me as a fan :3.
Mokey's a little bit too nice to be able to keep any sort of a movement going once she starts it...Thank goodness they went back to eating doozer bulidings

Hehe yeah me too, it's just that the hair thing was a big deal for the hippie movement. Boys enjoyed not being told how to look for once. That was one positive aspect of the movement. And it was wrong for Jim Henson to be judged for adapting some parts of the hippie movement, just because other members of the movement were flawed.

We can all have our own interpretations of characters of course, hehe. Beatnik sort of fits because they were into darker poetry, like Mokey. I can see that. Still, not everything about the Beatniks was good, just like the Hippies. In the end, there's good and bad about both groups. But I don't mind labeling the character as either. :)

[Redsonga]

So you like long hair eh? *Strokes his hair* Then maybe we're compatible....
Lo l:cool:

*blushes*
Voice over:
"Uh oh, looks like Redsonga's skipped a groove again..."

Annnnyway...

And it was wrong for Jim Henson to be judged for adapting some parts of the hippie movement, just because other members of the movement were flawed.

Of course not, but I think even then you didn't even have to be a part of any movement back then, like the fraggles where it is just a part of there culture :excited:

But I idolize Mokey for being able to sing so well, she has the sort of voice I've always wanted to be like in all my years of choir. For some reason they didn't show any of her episodes when I was little, or I would have been a fan then. If they had I just know I would have been singing those songs everywhere, like I did with my other singing idol at the time Anne-Marie from All Dogs Go to Heaven:excited:

[heralde]

Of course not, but I think even then you didn't even have to be a part of any movement back then, like the fraggles where it is just a part of there culture

Well hehe I may be skeptical, but I think every generation claims to encourage individuality, only to persecute anyone who tries. ;)

But all I really mean to say is there are good and bad things about any group, and I don't mind labeling someone a hippie if I feel they have some of the good. (And the FR creators didn't mind either. Not that that's why I say this.)

But anyway, I admit I wasn't as into Mokey as a kid; I thought she was too serious or something. But now I really like her free spirited-ness and yet willingness not to take herself too seriously. :)

[GonzoScooter04]

Mine is Wembley. He is just so cool and funny.:coy:
Then Gobo,Red,Boober,Mokey.:smirk::excited:

Mokey just always seems like she is high on something.

I remember when i was little i saw a fraggle rock commercial on some VHS and it was the intro sequence. When it showed Junior grabbing Gobo i was so scared of the Gorgs and the show. I am now liking the show.

[Redsonga]

Mine is Wembley. He is just so cool and funny.:coy:
Then Gobo,Red,Boober,Mokey.

Mokey just always seems like she is high on something.


But she isn't. Some people actually just have that dreamy personality. I have an aunt that is a lot like her and she never touched drugs. She makes up songs and wears odd bright colors and tries to make up games for everyone to do at the family gatherings. But she is so nice about it hardly anyone joins in :P. It has a lot to do with that generation I think, a certain mellowness:excited:. I guess you have to be around it in real life more to really understand it, but it really isn't just a 'high' thing :).

[The Shoe Fairy]

But she isn't. Some people actually just have that dreamy personality. I have an aunt that is a lot like her and she never touched drugs. She makes up songs and wears odd bright colors and tries to make up games for everyone to do at the family gatherings. But she is so nice about it hardly anyone joins in :P. It has a lot to do with that generation I think, a certain mellowness:excited:. I guess you have to be around it in real life more to really understand it, but it really isn't just a 'high' thing :).
Well, somebody has had a few too many Doozer sticks....

After watching FR today, I think that Wembley has cemented himself into my top spot. He is just such a funny character, and he works with almost all of the other Fraggles really well comic-wise.:coy:

[Kiki]

Well, somebody has had a few too many Doozer sticks....

After watching FR today, I think that Wembley has cemented himself into my top spot. He is just such a funny character, and he works with almost all of the other Fraggles really well comic-wise.:coy:

Yeah, Wembley is definately a humourous character, prolly the funniest on the show, IMHO, along with Junior Gorg. I don't consider FR a comical show, though. It can be funny in subtle way sometimes, though. If Frank Oz was on the show performing he'd make it a lot more funnier. That's my opinion, anyway. :)

[OLumeVaSti]

Boober is definitely my favorite. I kind of have the same personalty. A close second for me would be, Wembley.

[muppet baby]

ok i have to say that it is across beteen read and wiblsly .

They are both so cute and sweet and wibsly just seems like a cuddly teddy bear LOL . i hope that makes sense of saying it in that way LOL .

All the fraggles are some of the best charitors i think every made for tv in General . you have watch them anywehre and not be afaid of content and funny for kids and adtultes hehe

[trice204]

My favorites have to be Mokey and Red. The main reason is they both have beautiful singing voices. But if I had to choose between the two, through it would be a little difficult, I would have to go with Mokey, because she is a little like me. A dreamer.

[Redsonga]

Well, somebody has had a few too many Doozer sticks....

After watching FR today, I think that Wembley has cemented himself into my top spot. He is just such a funny character, and he works with almost all of the other Fraggles really well comic-wise.:coy:

Maybe but I wouldn't know:coy:. I've never heard of radishes doing that :3.
I just hate when anyone says to be dreamy or spacey you have to be 'on' something. It's just not true:excited:
That's like saying Wembley is only hyper because he eats too much sugar...

I think one of the things I like about Red is the bright color contrast of her hair and fur, it really matches her personality...